SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – President-elect Donald Trump has been criticizing how the current administration has been handling the military since he left office. Now, the Pentagon is bracing for changes.
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CNN reported this week that “officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers,” citing unnamed defense officials. POLITICO reported that one particular official might be on the chopping block due to their stance on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
“Trump in his last term had a fraught relationship with much of his senior military leadership, including now-retired Gen. Mark Milley who took steps to limit Trump’s ability to use nuclear weapons while he was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,” said CNN.
After leaving office, Trump has called the military under President Joe Biden “weak” and last year he …